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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:43:27 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal: short_var_export($value, bool $return=false,
 int $flags=0)
From: claude.pache@gmail.com (Claude Pache)

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> Le 21 janv. 2021 =C3=A0 00:19, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> a =C3=A9cr=
it :
>=20
> IMO print_r/var_dump should be kept out of this discussion. Those are =
human
> readable outputs for human consumption.   var_export() is about a =
machine
> readable output for recreating initial state within a runtime.  The
> requirements presented are wholly different.
>=20
> -Sara



If the goal of `var_export` is *only* to have some machine-readable =
output, the following will do it:

<?php
function my_var_export(mixed $x): string {
    $serialized =3D \base64_encode(\serialize($x));
    return "\\unserialize(\\base64_decode('$serialized'))";
}
?>

In reality, the output of `var_export()` is *both* machine-readable and =
human-readable.

=E2=80=94Claude


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